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I am trying to trace Mitchell ancestors from Offaly.  I have come to a dead end in my research. 

My Great Grandfather Peter Mitchell, was a blacksmith/iron worker.  After some research I found a Peter Mitchell (bap.1852 Kilcormac son of John Mitchell & Mary Pelketon) who married Bridget Tiquin (b.1860) in Frankford 1886, and they had at least 3 children all born in Pallas -  Mary (b.1890), Bridget (b.1892), John (b.circa 1895).   John born c1895 was my grandfather, though my father never knew him.

John Mitchell bc1895 joined the Leinster Regt and later can be traced serving with the Royal Artillery in England around 1918, 1919.   
By 1920 he had met and married my grandmother in London, and by 1928 he disappeared off the face of the earth leaving her and their baby son, my father.

John’s father, Peter Mitchell, also came to UK.  I found a 1922 death record which would seem to be him...Coathill Hospital, Lanarkshire Scotland,....Peter Mitchell, iron worker, widower of Bridget T—-. Age 68, father: John Mitchell. Mother: Mary Mitchell MS Pelkinton. 

But my problem is in managing to get back further with this Mitchell family, ie Peter Mitchell’s parents John Mitchell & Mary Pelketon who married in Kilcormac parish in 1845

Is anyone else researching this family?  I could do with some help please.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karen

Monday 4th Feb 2019, 08:03AM

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  • Karen:

    Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

    The parish records for Kilcormac go back to 1821  https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0903   I searched the subscription site Roots Ireland and located an 1822 John Mitchell baptismal record in the parish. No guarantee but likely this record is for your ancestor. I searched for Mary Pelketon but did not find her record. There were a number of baptismal records for people who had a surname very close to Pelketon e.g. Pilkington but none named Mary.

    Roger McDonnell

    Name:John MitchellDate of Birth:
    Date of Baptism:01-Jul-1822Address:
    Parish/District:KILCORMACGender:MaleCountyCo. Offaly
    Denomination:Roman Catholic
    Father:Thomas MitchellMother:A Gamble

    Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Monday 4th Feb 2019, 05:17PM
  • Thank you so much for your help.

    Karen

    Saturday 9th Feb 2019, 05:59PM

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